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Entrepreneurs

Startup Spotlight: Dubai-Based AI Supply Chain Sensing Wants To Put An End To Logistical Disruptions (Even Before They Can Occur)

In the case of supply chain disruptions, the solution often follows after they occur. But AISCS' solution bypasses the need for such a reactive response by adopting a more proactive approach.

News and Trends

How MENA's Digital Economy Is Holding Up Amid Global Slowdown

A recent World Bank MENA Economic Update says that the region's economies would grow by 5.5 per cent in 2022, but the growth could be uneven

领导

Intersectional Impact: Dana Co-Founder And CEO Zada Haj Is Tackling The MENA's Needs For Sustainability And Gender Inclusion With Her Enterprise

Haj believes that creating a more robust agrifood sector with purpose-led infrastructure and appropriate financial backing will decidedly strengthen gender inclusion, as one in four entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector is female.

Growth Strategies

Let's Play: Why Dubai Is Well-Positioned To Deliver The MENA Its Own Gaming Industry

Considering that Dubai Economy predicts the GCC's gaming industry to increase from $1.3 billion in 2019 to $4.5 billion in 2025, the opportunities for global and regional game developers is incredible.

Women Entrepreneur™

Nominations Are Open For The Inaugural Women SME Leaders Awards 2022 On March 29

Nominations are now open for the inaugural Women SME Leaders Awards 2022, the first initiative of its kind to recognize and further empower women-owned and run SMEs across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, staged by Mastercard and Entrepreneur Middle East.

Science & Technology

Fintech Companies Have the Power to Advance Financial Inclusivity

Fintech companies have a leg up over the traditional banking industry when it comes to assisting the financially disadvantaged, but there are also pitfalls they must avoid.

Finanzas

Las empresas de tecnología financiera tienen el poder de promover la inclusión financiera

Las empresas de tecnología financiera tienen una ventaja sobre la industria bancaria tradicional cuando se trata de ayudar a las personas económicamente desfavorecidas, pero también hay obstáculos que deben evitar.

Growth Strategies

Webinar Invite | Paradigm Shift: Developing The MENA Region's Gig Economy | August 17, 2021

企业发展与兴趣surgin雷竞技手机版g post the global COVID-19 pandemic, this Entrepreneur Middle East Live webinar will look into how this can be further facilitated and grown in the MENA region, as well as the opportunities and challenges inherent in doing so.

Starting a Business

Having Announced Its 2020 Winners, KAUST and SABB Now Welcome Applications For Its 2021 TAQADAM Startup Accelerator Program

TAQADAM, a Saudi Arabia-based startup accelerator program that aims to develop high-potential startups, has announced its 2020 winners and opened applications for its 2021 cohort.

Growth Strategies

Time For Coffee? There's An App For That, Says COFE Founder Ali Al Ebrahim

COFE is a coffee-centric marketplace app conceptualized in Kuwait, and developed in Silicon Valley for coffee communities around the world.

Growth Strategies

Virtuzone And Seven Pillars Team Up To Help MENA Companies Expand Into Central Asian Markets

A new joint venture to support MENA-based companies to set up shop in Russia, China, and Central Asia.

Finance

Bahrain's Rain Management Aims To Increase Crypto Assets Adoption After Raising US$6 Million In Series A Funding

With an aim to expand through the Middle East and work with diverse regulators, the co-founders hope to further their vision of mass adoption of crypto assets in the region.

Growth Strategies

Why 2021 Could See More Startups From The Middle East Become Unicorns

The pandemic seems to have driven the region's VCs to be more sophisticated and strategic in how they deploy capital, and also to be bolder.

News and Trends

Google Invites Applications From MENA Tech Startups For Its Digital Accelerator Program

Google for Startups Accelerator: MENA to consider technology startups headquartered in the MENA region that have already raised seed funding.

Starting a Business

UAE Startup The Concept Wants To Help You Travel Using Sustainable Products

With an aim to remove non-sustainable hardware from the aviation industry, its first core prototype is a redesigned lightweight in-flight economy food tray called NEOS Fly which combines functionality, sustainability, and technology, and would make a positive impact on the environment, while also allowing airlines to save money in the long run.